alt Hacker NewsIn sixth grade language arts class we wrote letters and there were rumors that some companies, if you sent them letters saying you liked their product would send you coupons for free candy/chips/soda/etc.
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WalterGR • yesterday at 5:50 PM
There were even books that listed the companies, their addresses, and the free things they’d send you.
kotaKat • yesterday at 5:44 PM
We did Flat Stanley in second grade[1, circa ~2000], including mailing him to someone to send him on an adventure. I sent my Stanley off to Volkswagen and he came back bearing little toy pull-back VW Beetles and smelled like a new car…
We went down a different path. We used to write to chocolate companies and they would send us free stickers etc. They advertised the product of course but it was fun.